左顧右盼

Chinese

		left	look after; take into consideration; to attend to	right (-hand)	to hope for; to long for; to expect
trad. (左顧右盼)		左	顧	右	盼
simp. (左顾右盼)		左	顾	右	盼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuǒgùyòupàn

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² gu³ jau⁶ paan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuǒgùyòupàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuuoguhyowpann
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒgùyòupàn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡swɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo² gu³ jau⁶ paan³
  - Yale: jó gu yauh paan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² gu³ jau⁶ paan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo² gu³ yeo⁶ pan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ kuː³³ jɐu̯²² pʰäːn³³/

Idiom

左顧右盼

to look around anxiously or smugly

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